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Shanks Group plc is a leading European waste management company operating in Europe and North America. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. ==History== The Company was founded by Guy Shanks and Andrew McEwan in 1880 as a construction company operating primarily in the West of Scotland under the name of ''Shanks & McEwan''.〔(Shanks Group: History )〕 In 1988 the Company acquired London Brick Landfill〔(Bedfordshire County Council: London Brick Company )〕 and with it an enormous landfill capacity north of London. The Company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988.〔 In the mid-1990s the Company sold its remaining construction interests to concentrate solely on waste management.〔 In 1998 the Company went on to buy four waste management companies in Belgium.〔(Shanks buys in Belgium )〕 It changed its name to ''Shanks Group'' in 1999.〔(New name for Shanks ) Sunday Herald, 25 July 1999〕 In March 2000 the Company bought ''Waste Management Nederland B.V.'' in the Netherlands.〔(Shanks to buy Waste Management's Dutch Unit ) Haznews, December 1999〕 In July 2004 the Company sold its UK landfill and landfill gas power assets to Terra Firma.〔(Shanks Group is to sell its UK landfill operations to Terra Firma for £227.5m ) United Kingdom Environment News, 1 July 2004〕 In 2006 the Company went on to buy ''Smink Beheer B.V.'' in the Netherlands for €62m.〔(Companies Update )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shanks Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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